Happy Vishu everyone!! :) To those who are wondering what is Vishu. It is a Hindu festival being celebrated by South Indians. The festival marks the first day of Medam, the ninth month in the solar calendar followed in Kerala. As I am a Keralite, we celebrate all the festivals we can Doesn’t matter what religion the festival belongs to! So this time, as I am still working from office, I had no time to prepare the Sadhya instead I decided to prepare the dessert hence the Aval Pradhaman. This is one of the easiest Payasams and Aval doesn’t take much time to cook.
Aval/Rice Flakes 1 ½ cups
Jaggery Melted 2 cups
Thin Coconut Milk 4 cups
Thick Coconut Milk 1 cup
Ginger Powder ½ tsp
Cardamom Powder 1 tsp
Cashew nuts
Ghee
1. Melt the Jaggery with 1 cup of water and keep aside.
2. In a pan which you are going to prepare the pradhaman, heat 2 tbsp ghee.
3. Add the rice flakes/aval to this and roast for 2-3 mins.
4. Now add the melted jaggery to this and keep stirring until the water evaporates and it little thick in consistency.
5. To this, add 4 cups of thin coconut milk and keep stirring until the aval has cooked. To know this, check if the aval has come up and mixed with the milk and not settled at the bottom on the pan.
6. Add ½ tsp of ginger powder and 1 tsp of cardamom powder.
7. Once it has reached the desired consistency, add the thick coconut milk, mix for 5 mins and switch off the flame.
8. In another pan, heat ghee, add cashew nuts and add on to the payasam. Ready to serve!
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